Sharnford Methodist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1988. Church. 1 related planning application.
Sharnford Methodist Church
- WRENN ID
- first-truss-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1988
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Sharnford Methodist Church, Chapel Lane
- OS grid reference
- SP 482 919
- Coordinates
- 52.52303, -1.29095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sharnford Methodist Church is a Methodist church built in 1827, with 20th-century additions and alterations. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped slate roof and a brick plinth. The building has two storeys and two bays. The south front includes a central 20th-century panelled door set in a round-headed opening, which has a blocked fanlight above it. This door is flanked by single round-headed windows with wooden Y tracery. Above the door is a datestone inscribed '1827', and above that are three similar round-headed windows with Y tracery.
On the west side, there is a 20th-century round-headed door to the left and two larger windows with Y tracery to the right. The east side features two similar windows, and to the right, there is a 20th-century flat-roofed single-storey addition. The rear of the church has a central external stack and two 20th-century three-light casements on each floor, both with segmental heads.
Inside, the church has a matchboard dado and a central pine pulpit at the front, which is on a bracketed base and has steps leading up to it. Behind the pulpit is a matchboard panel with a text above it, and there is a plain gallery with stick balusters above. To the left of the pulpit is a grained six-panel door, and to the right is a six-pane sash window. At the rear, there is a moulded panelled raked gallery supported by two iron posts, which is accessed by a winder stair with stick balusters. The interior fittings include 19th-century panelled pews, early 20th-century benches, and a 19th-century organ housed in a Gothic case.
Local climate
Sharnford Methodist Church receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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